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Women Assemble: Women Workers and the New Industries in Inter-war Britain Book
Women were drawn into assembly-line work in large numbers in the 1920s and 1930s with the introduction of methods of mass production. Many new occupations were created but all were sex-typed from the start, assembly lines for consumer goods being strictly feminine. The pattern of gender segregation that emerged had important effects for the relation between men and women as workers, and between women and capital. The inter-war period also saw the creation of the "ideal home" and the "ideal housewife" and laid the basis for a transformation in the domestic economy. "Women Assemble" explores the connections between women's work in the home and paid employment. Ready-made food, off-the-peg clothing, domestic electrical appliances, and many of the other new goods produced by women in the … read more...
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